DirectX 11 hasn't gone anywhere, and don't expect to see DirectX 13 any time soon, either. Or ever, perhaps. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Love it or hate it, Microsoft’s operating systems are among the most popular options available today. Windows 11 is now over ...

Qualcomm's Snapdragon X2 Plus fills the same role as its predecessor: bringing Windows on Arm to sub-$1,000 notebooks with ...

Qualcomm is expanding its latest-generation Snapdragon chip line for Windows laptops with the Snapdragon X2 Plus, and with ...

After announcing the high-end Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme and X2 Elite processors last year, Qualcomm has now introduced the ...

Despite faster CPUs, RAM and storage, today’s Windows experience doesn’t feel noticeably different from back in the 2000s ...

Qualcomm does say the Plus requires up to 43 percent less power than the previous gen, though, with “multi-day battery life,” ...

We went hands-on to find the best laptops at CES 2026, highlighting the biggest winners in OLED, performance, and design.

Have you ever felt like your once-speedy Windows 11 PC has turned into a sluggish, unresponsive machine? It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether you’re trying to meet a deadline, enjoy a seamless gaming ...

The popular comparison benchmark Cinebench has a new version. It explicitly includes a test for Simultaneous Multithreading.

The benchmarks are drawn from Geekbench 6.5 and UL's Procyon suite, run on Windows 11 laptops. Qualcomm claims the 10-core X2 Plus can deliver up to ...

Two variants have been announced. There’s a 6-core Snapdragon X2 Plus X2P-42-100 and a higher-end 10-core X2P-64-100.